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I am a programmer who loves fountain pens. Go figure.

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Which Linux distro are you currently daily-driving?
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@itsfoss CachyOS

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Describe your relationship with Linux in one word.
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Kinky.

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Which open source project do you rely on every single day?
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Gnu/Linux, Hyprland aand many more

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Which Linux desktop environment feels like home to you?
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Hyprland WM is my home, but i do like KDE.

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Give this Linux book a title. 🐧📕

There is a tall dark green covered book sitting on a table.
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List of Linux Distros, Volume I

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You can use the upower --enumerate command on Linux to list all battery powered devices. Then, you can run the upower -i /path/to/BAT0 command to check the battery's health status. You can also use the inxi --battery command.

More info https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/check-see-laptop-battery-health-in-linux-command/

A screenshot showing various Linux command that shows battery status on Linux desktop such as inix and upower commands.
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You can setup 80% charge threshold to extend life of your battery:
sudo echo 80 | tee /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_treshold

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Let's get started. 😉

Tell me your distro without telling me its name.
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Most poplular on distrowatch

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Which one? 🤔

Which Linux distro are you planning to try next?
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No plans on trying a new distro. I love my CachyOS with Hprland.

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Which side are you on? 🤔

A boy (Linux users) is seen at a point where two paths diverge towards the left and right. On the left, there is a shiny castle called "AMD drivers", and on the right, there is a gloomy, dark castle called "NVIDIA drivers".
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Currently both. I have a laptop with AMD CPU, integrated AMD GPU and dedicated NVIDIA GPU...

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No issues everything works, but i am not a gamer.

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What's the most frustrating bug you've faced on Linux?
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Thunar freezing at launch if my auto mounted network drives are offline.

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AWS Deleted all data despite redundancy, backup, dead man’s switch. This is why you need to keep all your data offline. The 3-2-1 backup rule is a good data protection strategy that states that you kee 3 copies of your data, storing them on 2 different types of storage media, and keeping 1 copy offsite under your bed or office. Don't trust your hosting company's backup service.

https://www.seuros.com/blog/aws-deleted-my-10-year-account-without-warning/

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Nice post, however, moving to Google cloud is not better. Use NextCloud or self host it.

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What made you try Linux for the first time?
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Windows

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Real Linux users don’t ask questions; they "man" up. 💪 😼

Me when I can't remember a Linux command: There's a visibly confused cat sitting on a bed, saying "MAN".
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Actually it's now better to qman up.🤣

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FOSSers, let us know! 📝

Which IDE do you use for coding? Comment!
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Geany.

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What distro are you using this month?
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The same as the last couple years - CachyOS with Hyprland.

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What's your go-to lineup of productivity apps on Linux?
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LibreOffice, Zen Browser (Firefox Fork), Kitty (Recently switched from Alacritty), KeePassXC, Authenticator, Tuta Mail.

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Skynet got 'em. 😱

There are six parts to this meme. In the first one, the Terminator asks a boy, "What do your foster parents like?" The boy replies, "They love using Linux." Then, the Terminator calls up the boy's parents and asks them, "Hey, is it year of the Linux desktop yet?" To which, the so-called parent replies, "Yes, this is the year of Linux desktop." In the last slide, the Terminator is seen telling the boy, "Your foster parents are dead."
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The technology does exist... So it absolutely possible.🤣

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Do you prefer a Desktop Environment or Window Manager? Which one, and why?
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Window Manager. I love Hyprland. While I do love KDE, it has so many unnecessary for me options and bulk, that is not usable for me, especially on older laptops. With a window manager you get flexibility and just the things that you need for your use case. I chose Hyprland because I wanted to stay ahead of the curve and use Wayland. Everything I need just works on Hyprland! I use Arch-based CachyOS.

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Wayland or X11: What are you using, and how's it treating you?
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Wayland, HYprland specifically. Works just fine.

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True? 🤣

There is a Penguin with a board on it that says, "Behind every Linux user, there is a former Windows user that was let down by Microsoft. (look at the bottom left corner). In the bottom left corner, this is written, "Look at the Penguin's beak". On the beak, this is written, "Fuck Microsoft, Fuck NVIDIA Too".
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Well, nvidia is doing better.

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How long have you been using Linux?
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15+ Years

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What's something you find frustration or confusing about Linux?
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Different locations for .desktop files.

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Right now it is Alacritty.

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What's a must-have Linux app that might not be well-known?
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rmpc.

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Which code editor do you use? Comment!
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geany and vim

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Which distro did you pick as a beginner? 🤔

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Very first distro I used after switching to Linux was Zorin OS. For about 2 days.😅 After that I distro hopped for a while on Arch based distros.

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The list just keeps on going! 🥲

Reading bash history be like: A picture of SpongeBob reading a very very long piece of paper that has stretched over his house and Gary (the snail).
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It doesn't have to be this bad if you use atuin.😀

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How did you get started with Linux?
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Around 2010, I was sick and tired of Windows and how slow my computer was. So I tried Zorin, distro hopped for a while and settled on Arch based distros with KDE. Right now I am using CachyOS with Hyprland WM.

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What's your favorite terminal emulator and shell?
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Alacritty and fish. Though i do scripting in bash.😅

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Which one? 🤔

What was the last Linux distro you tried but decided to stop using?
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Garuda. I wanted to use Hyprland, but it was better on CachyOS.

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What's the first thing you do after installing a new distro?
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Copy my hypeland config files into home directory.

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POV: The distro wars. ⚔️ 🐧

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Linux Mint for a new linux user. Play with it for a day and then switch to Arch based CachyOS. 😆

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What's your must-have Linux app?
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fzf, zoxide, eza

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BTW, I use Arch. 😜

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Do you use Linux?

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Let's begin FOSSers 🔥

Drop a screenshot of your Linux setup!
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CachyOs with Hyprland!

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Facts? 🤔

There are two people sat in a bus, the left side has a gloomy vibe to it with the person sitting there looking miserable, the right side is more vibrant, with the person sitting there looking more content with their situation. The left one is Arch Linux: Turn on computer at 8:45 AM. Troubleshoot computer. Test. Customize. Tinker. It's 3 AM. Turn off computer. Go to sleep. The right one is Linux Mint: Turn on computer at 8:45 AM. Check updates in the GUI tool. Work/game/stream content. Turn off computer at 5:05 PM. Go out to touch grass.
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Absolutely not! I am an arch user and I haven't needed to troubleshoot my computer for years now. I troubleshoot my ubuntu server after almost every update. Altough I've necer used Mint.

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Do people really try Linux after you suggest it?

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I got my elderly mother to use linux. I do help out sometimes.

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Agree? 🤔

More devices should have Linux pre-installed by default.
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Absolutely

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True? 🤔

There is a woman standing on top of a platform built on a skyscraper. She is holding a board that says, “archinstall destroyed all the fun”.
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Absolutely. Not.

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Make a Linux user smile in 3 words.
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Arch is easy.

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Let's help out the newbies. 😃

What's your top tip for Linux beginners in 2025?
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Embrace the TTY (terminal emulator). Read documentations for everything. Join forumns and ask a lot of questions.

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CP/M was an operating system developed for Intel, that shaped personal computing as we know it today.

https://itsfoss.com/cp-m-os-history/

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My very first personal computer. BK 0010-01 (BK 0010 has a membrane keyboard, mine had a mechanical one). Specs:

32Kb memory, 4MHz CPU, 16bit Q-Bus... I had two 5in floppy disk drives connected to it, monitor and a dot matrix printer. I loved it. Part of me wishes I still had it. It didn't have a BIOS per-se, but it had an analog - 8kb of 32 were used as a BIOS.

BK 0010-01 Back view.
BK 0010-01 Motherboard view.

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What's your main Linux goal for 2025?
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Using Linux mobile phone as my main phone.

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Are you exploring any new Linux distributions at the beginning of 2025?
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Well, don't hold back. 😃 🐧

Which Linux distros would you recommend to newcomers in 2025?
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Mint, which is now Debian based, arch based Garuda KDE as it is straight forward install.

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What improvements have enhanced your Linux desktop experience this year?
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Switching my main rig to Hyprland.

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Do you prefer a fixed release or rolling release distro?
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rollin'